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A day to myself

What would I do with a day to myself?

Right now I'm running such an alone-time deficit, I think I'd need at least four days to get through it all... I'd like to wake when I feel like it, and go to bed when I feel like it. (Early, on both ends.)

- I'd like a long soak in a hot tub, and do all the body-pampering that goes with a long soak. Shaving and exfoliating and lathering and perfuming...

- Read. Lots of reading.

- Write in my journal.

- Go for a long walk. (Because of course there would be NO SNOW.)

- Call a friend on the phone.

- Go out for coffee.

- (I'd walk to the coffee.)

- Get my eyebrows done and have a manicure.

- Oh, and a massage.

- Have another long walk.

- Visit with a friend.

- Spend two nights in a hotel. By myself.

- Get ahead with some work, but only the stuff I love doing!

- Hire someone to scour the house from top to bottom. (They'd come while I was out for my walk...)

8 comments so far...

T-Mac. Nope, Ottawa (Canada). Thus proving geography doesn't make a huge heap of difference, sometimes!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 20th July 2008
Do you live in Las Vegas? I totally understand "your all"

Flag as inappropriate Posted by T-Mac on 19th July 2008
Read, walk for coffee, let someone else clean the house while you're gone...no wonder we've connected. That sounds just like me.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Daisy on 14th April 2008
A day to myself, the last day I had to myself was labour!!! When the youngest starts school I am calling some spas! Great note!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by on 26th March 2008
KathyHowe: You have a favourite spa?? At which you can SLEEP OVER? Dang. I need to find me one of those!

Casinomom: I told myself I was going to get away, just myself, over March break. Instead, I went to visit my eldest daughter... However, she is a massage therapist in training, so I got two great massages! AND a couple of spa treatments at her school.

Florinda - I really do, and it's silly: I have a week off earlier in the month, and just had a 4-day Easter weekend. But did I take any time JUST for me? No, I did not, and I have no one to blame but myself, because my family is totally supportive of my need for time out.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 26th March 2008
I'm taking a long weekend in a few days, and some of these things are on my agenda. You're quite right about needing more than just ONE day. :-)

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Florinda Pendley Vasquez on 26th March 2008
Sounds great! I treated myself to a Vegas vacation with no work or kids allowed. Just me and a wonderful hotel. I had a massage, had meals and even partied a little with some friends that live there. It was excellent! Think I will do it once a year from now on. Just what the doctor ordered!!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by casinomom on 26th March 2008
Dang. After reading this I'm thinking I need 3 days at my favorite spa. I must email them to see about space IMMEDIATELY!

Long walks, coffee and massages! Just what I need!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by KathyHowe on 26th March 2008